page_title: Lima Metro
section_title: Line 1 extension
hierarchical_section_title: Lima Metro / Line 1 / Line 1 extension
caption_attribution_description: Español: Metro de Lima GyM Ferrovías
context_page_description: The Lima Metro is a rapid transit system operated by Argentinian company Ferrovías and Peruvian company Graña y Montero, currently linking the district of Villa El Salvador in the south of Lima with San Juan de Lurigancho in the northeast of the capital of Peru.
  Despite the line having obtained 32 cars and completed construction of 7 stations for over many years, it did not operate a commercial service in 1990 during the first presidency of Alan García because the constructed section didn't have the distance or demand required to make it commercially viable. The construction of the Lima Metro remained paralyzed since that time under accusations of bribes, after an investment of 226 million dollars co-financed by the Italian government.
  Thus, the Peruvian Government under the second presidency of Alan García put the Ministry of Transport and Communications in charge of completing Line 1, extending its current tracks up to Av.
context_section_description: The third phase of Line 1 was completed on July 25, 2014, with the opening of the 12.4-kilometer (7.7 mi), ten-station extension of Line 1. With the extension now open, Line 1 is 34.6 kilometers (21.5 mi) in total serving 26 stations.
caption: Lima Metro Line 1 extension.
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